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Image via Wikipedia Have you noticed the entrepreneurial world is in an uproar? That we’ve been thrust into this QUEST to find answers?  Is one workshop better than another – is one piece of information more relevant than another? Who is the guide? What do we need to know? How many events and seminars must [...]

Image via Wikipedia Let’s say you have the most brilliant business blog on the planet.  It is well written, well researched, optimized and rich with SEO words like business networking, small business marketing, Chicago professional networking, social media tools AND it is a great read with deep insight and usable tools that will impact your [...]

Image via Wikipedia When you look at the media empire of Oprah, like her or not, the leadership of Obama, the purpose of Kashi, the popularity Yoga & why charity is prized – it’s all about leading with your heart. Companies that are built on purpose began with ideas generated from love, concern and innovation.   [...]

Image by State Library and Archives of Florida via Flickr We are all travelers in the great unknown called tomorrow. Freezing is as dangerous as melting down.  Withering disintegrates our brands and innovating builds them.  But how do you know in what direction to move?  What risk to take? And to know we must?  In [...]

Image via Wikipedia There’s a new trend surfacing for small business owners and entrepreneurs that blends leisure with work to create Weisure.  It’s really putting a kink in  work-life balance because the lines are most def being blurred. Have you noticed you unhook, but not really?  Stop working, but work anyway? Draw a line in [...]

Image via Wikipedia No matter how clearly you see who you are as a business, there is a process of seeing beyond it.  Evolution is a series of epiphanies that unfold with insight and information.  Sometimes the key to your true direction gets buried, but was there all along.  You just couldn’t see it from [...]

Image via Wikipedia If you haven’t read the FAQs on Facebook, think of it like your car’s owner’s manual except Facebook still owns the car.  If you push the wrong button, or worse, repeatedly push the wrong button – you get bonked-honked-and taken out of the game. They send you a warning WHILE you’re doing [...]

Image via Wikipedia Regardless of the stunningly vast outreach we are capable of through our individual businesses, there is still a pure, bright and honest voice that needs to cut through the clutter to connect emotionally.   Not a contrived honest voice with words carefully chosen to represent an honest voice, but real values that inspire [...]

Image via Wikipedia Technology is a fabulous thing.  All of the platforms available to us through the Internet make running a small business any one’s game… okay, not any one’s game, but it’s not completely dependent on capitol.  Now, if you have talent, or skills, or a great product you want to showcase, there are [...]

Image via Wikipedia There is a duality going on in the entrepreneurial sector.  To collectively solve issues we have to individually voice concerns while simultaneously not wanting to be perceived as having them.  Many of us are struggling with the importance of portraying success while challenged with the path to maintain it.  Close to the [...]